Intraoperative Use of Analgesics in Tonsillar Fossa and Postoperative Evaluation with Visual analogue Scale Scores—A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Trial

Montasir Junaid; Muhammad Sohail Halim; Maisam Abbas Shiraz Onali; Sadaf Qadeer; Hareem Usman Khan; Naeem Sultan Ali

doi:10.1055/s-0039-1684037

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2020; 24(01): e62-e67
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1684037

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Intraoperative Use of Analgesics in Tonsillar Fossa and Postoperative Evaluation with Visual analogue Scale Scores—A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Trial

Authors

Montasir Junaid

¹Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Armed Forces Hospital Southern Region, Khamis Mushayt, Saudia Arabia
Muhammad Sohail Halim

²Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, United States
Maisam Abbas Shiraz Onali

³Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Jinnah Medical College and Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
Sadaf Qadeer

⁴Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences for girls, Karachi, Pakistan
Hareem Usman Khan

⁵Department of Cardiology, Shifa Intersternal Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan
Naeem Sultan Ali

⁶Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Aga Khan Hospital, Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania

Abstract

Introduction Posttonsillectomy pain results in significant morbidity to the patients. There is a disagreement in the literature regarding the use of local anesthetics during tonsillectomy. The aim of this placebo-controlled, double-blind study is to evaluate the effect of peritonsillar administration of local anesthetics.

Objective To evaluate the role of intraoperative use of analgesics in tonsillar fossa and postoperative evaluation with visual analogue scale (VAS) scores in achieving pain relief after tonsillectomy procedure

Methods In this study, 180 patients were randomized to 1 of the 6 groups: bupivacaine infiltration, lidocaine infiltration, normal saline infiltration, bupivacaine packing, lidocaine packing, and normal saline packing. Pain caused by speaking, swallowing, and on rest was assessed using VAS at 4, 8, 12, 16 hours, and at discharge.

Results Significant analgesia was obtained in patients who received bupivacaine infiltration and packing compared with placebo (p < 0.05). The majority of the study subjects had no postoperative complications, and patients receiving bupivacaine infiltration required less additional analgesics in the first 24 hours after surgery.

Conclusion We advocate the use of bupivacaine infiltration or packing immediately following the procedure to achieve adequate postoperative analgesia.

Keywords

tonsillectomy - pain - analgesia

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